The Goddess of Mercy

The Goddess of Mercy 1967

观世音 guānshìyīn

With her elegant classic persona, Li Li-hua was the ideal performer for period aristocratic and imperial roles. The Goddess Of Mercy is a good example of her strong empathy and noble presence. The youngest daughter of a brutal king, the princess openly disapproves of the floggings and cruel treatment her royal family heaps on the peasants. As a result, the heartless king turns on his own daughter forcing her into exile.

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片瓦无存 片瓦無存 piàn wǎ wú cún lit. not a single tile left standing (idiom); fig. utterly destroyed; razed to the ground Idiom ∼HSK 7
率土之滨 率土之濱 shuài tǔ zhī bīn lit. the whole length of the land down to the shores (idiom); fig. the entire country; all under heaven Idiom ∼HSK 7
涂炭生灵 塗炭生靈 tú tàn shēng líng to plunge the people into misery and suffering (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 7
日日夜夜 日日夜夜 rì rì yè yè day after day and night after night (idiom); continuously; day and night Idiom ∼HSK 7
岂有此理 豈有此理 qǐ yǒu cǐ lǐ how can this be so? (idiom); preposterous; ridiculous; absurd Idiom HSK 7
留神 留神 liú shén to take care; to be careful Xiehouyu HSK 7
霸道 霸道 bà dào the Way of the Hegemon; abbr. for 霸王之道; despotic rule; rule by might; evil as opposed to the Way of the King 王道; overbearing; tyranny; (of liquor, medicine etc) strong; potent Xiehouyu HSK 7
小人 小人 xiǎo rén person of low social status (old); I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself); nasty person; vile character Xiehouyu HSK 7
多余 多餘 duō yú superfluous; unnecessary; surplus Xiehouyu HSK 7
冒险 冒險 mào xiǎn to take risks; to take chances; foray; adventure Xiehouyu HSK 7
使唤 使喚 shǐ huan to order sb around; (coll.) to handle (a draught animal, tool, machine etc); Taiwan pr. [shǐ huàn] Colloquialism HSK 7
逮 逮 dǎi (coll.) to catch; to seize Colloquialism HSK 7
开支 開支 kāi zhī expenditures; expenses; to spend money; (coll.) to pay wages Colloquialism HSK 7
邪 衺 xié demonic; iniquitous; nefarious; evil; unhealthy influences that cause disease (Chinese medicine); (coll.) strange; abnormal Colloquialism HSK 7
撒 撒 sā to let go; to cast; to let loose; to discharge; to give expression to; (coll.) to pee Colloquialism HSK 7
娘 娘 niáng mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate Colloquialism HSK 7
连年 連年 lián nián successive years; over many years HSK 7
亭子 亭子 tíng zi pavilion HSK 7
饶恕 饒恕 ráo shù to forgive; to pardon; to spare HSK 7
单薄 單薄 dān bó weak; frail; thin; flimsy HSK 7
扩充 擴充 kuò chōng to expand HSK 7
屯 屯 tún to station (soldiers); to store up; village HSK 7
火速 火速 huǒ sù at top speed; at a tremendous lick HSK 7
药方 藥方 yào fāng prescription HSK 7
请示 請示 qǐng shì to ask for instructions HSK 7
菩萨 菩薩 Pú sà Bodhisattva (Buddhism) HSK 7
心肠 心腸 xīn cháng heart; intention; one's inclination; state of mind; to have the heart for sth; mood HSK 7
冤 冤 yuān injustice; grievance; wrong HSK 7
放肆 放肆 fàng sì wanton; unbridled; presumptuous; impudent HSK 7
官兵 官兵 guān bīng (military) officers and soldiers; officers and men; (old) government troops HSK 7
竟敢 竟敢 jìng gǎn to have the impertinence; to have the cheek to HSK 7
糟蹋 糟蹋 zāo tà to waste; to defile; to abuse; to insult; to defile; to trample on; to wreck; also pr. [zāo ta] HSK 7
连夜 連夜 lián yè that very night; through the night; for several nights in a row HSK 7
消遣 消遣 xiāo qiǎn to while the time away; amusement; pastime; recreation; to make sport of HSK 7
恳求 懇求 kěn qiú to beg; to beseech; to entreat; entreaty HSK 7
参见 參見 cān jiàn to refer to; see also; compare (cf.); to pay respect to HSK 7
动身 動身 dòng shēn to go on a journey; to leave HSK 7
受骗 受騙 shòu piàn to be cheated; to be taken in; to be hoodwinked HSK 7
践踏 踐踏 jiàn tà to trample HSK 7
受苦 受苦 shòu kǔ to suffer hardship HSK 7
惨重 慘重 cǎn zhòng disastrous HSK 7
弟子 弟子 dì zǐ disciple; follower HSK 7
发呆 發呆 fā dāi to stare blankly; to be stunned; to be lost in thought HSK 7
宠爱 寵愛 chǒng ài to dote on sb HSK 7
定居 定居 dìng jū to settle (in some city, country etc); to take up residence HSK 7
宽恕 寬恕 kuān shù to forgive; forgiveness HSK 7
坦然 坦然 tǎn rán calm; undisturbed HSK 7
做主 做主 zuò zhǔ see 主 HSK 7
日后 日後 rì hòu sometime; someday (in the future) HSK 7
公然 公然 gōng rán openly; publicly; undisguised HSK 7